The Wood Recyclers’ Association has launched an updated Toolkit to help operators understand recent changes to waste wood classification.
In September, the Environment Agency said that all treated ‘amber’ waste wood items from both the Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) and demolition waste streams would be classified as non-hazardous. This followed over six years of work by the WRA to gather the evidence needed to prove that the hazardous content of this material was negligible and reducing.
The updated Waste Wood ClassificationToolkit includes a Checklist, Frequently Asked Questions, WRA Acceptable Materials Guide and WRA Waste Wood Grading System.
These explain what the removal of Regulatory Position Statement 291 means for operators and how most demolition wood can now be moved and processed as non-hazardous, provided it is destined for panel board manufacture or Chapter IV biomass.
Julia Turner, Executive Director of the WRA, said: “We are delighted to launch this updated Toolkit which explains how moving and processing waste wood from households and demolition is now much simpler for operators and answers any questions people may have about the recent changes.”
The updated Toolkit can be found here.